too. At f ir st, I thought, may b e w e d o n’ t a g r e e o n e v e r y t hing, w hic h is still c ool, but they r eally d o t hink t ha t t his w a r w a s p r e d ic at e d on a lie and it’s insane. All o f t he t hing s t hey t ho ug ht t hey w e r e going to get out of m ilitar y s e r v ic e ha v e no t ha p p e ne d . T hey ’ r e car r ying a lot of post-tr aum a t ic s t r e s s d is o r d e r a nd o t he r a i lm ent s that ar e going to be a par t o f t he ir li v e s fo r e v e r. M e m b e r s o f St r ik e Anyw her e have friends w ho ha v e c o m e b a c k f r o m I r a q w it h P T SD a n d with r e constr uc ted lim bs, a nd it ’ s a huge p a r t o f o ur li v e s, p e r s o n a lly, to t hink a bout this c r it ic a lly. We t r y t o ext e nd o t he r o p t io ns a nd to adv oc ate peac e, not jus t o n a s lo g a n a nd m a r c hing le v e l, but with people in the c omm unit y a nd w it h a ll t he c o m p lexit ie s o f Ame r ica n life intac t. MR
What is a city or count r y yo u ha v e n’ t p laye d t ha t yo u’ d lik e to p lay? TB
Well, e ver yw her e! We w e nt t o So ut h Am e r ic a , t o B r a z il, a nd played thr ee shows in Sao Pa ulo, w hic h is a huge c it y, a nd t he n w e f le w up and played one sho w in B o go t a , C o l um b ia . I t w a s a m a z ing, but str a nge, because it’s r ig ht o n t he e q ua t o r bu t it ’ s c o ld , a n d
t he r e ’ s t r o p ic a l m o unt a ins a nd fo g a nd s t uf f lik e t ha t . So, m o r e So ut h Am e r ic a a nd m o r e e v e r y w he r e . We ’ r e t a lk ing w it h t he b a nd , H a v e H e a r t , no w a b o ut d o ing s o m e t hing in t he s um m e r w he r e w e d o a ll o f As ia , a s m a ny p l a c e s a s w ill ha v e us. We ’ ll s e e if t ha t ha p p e ns ; it ’ s m o r e in t he d r e a m ing s t a ge r ig ht no w. B ut , it ’ s c o o l t o h a v e p a r t ne r s in c r im e , o t he r p e o p le w ho a r e t r y ing t o f i nd t he o ld r e c o r d d is t r ibut io n ne t w o r k s w ho c a n d o r e g io na l t o ur ing b e t w e e n So ut he a s t As ia , I nd o ne s ia . We ha v e s o m e f r ie nd s in Ta iw a n r e c e nt ly w ho a r e d o ing a g r e a t d e a l o f w o r k bui ld ing up a n ind e p e nd e nt t o ur ing s c e ne in So ut he a s t As ia . T ha t w o u ld b e a n inc r e d ible p la c e (t o p lay ). M R Yo u jus t p laye d G a lle r y 5 fo r t he e le c t io n s ho w. W ha t m a d e yo u p lay G a lle r y 5 t his t im e ins t e a d o f yo ur us ua l v e nue , Alley K a t z ? TB
Yo u k no w, it ’ s a n a w e s o m e v e nue , a nd w e lik e t he a r t t ha t ’ s t he r e a nd t he l it t le b o o k s ho p in f r o nt . I t jus t g i v e s yo u a lit t le m o r e t ha n jus t a c o m m e r c ia l s p a c e , w he r e s o m e t im e s yo u f e e l (t he b a n d is ) jus t a s o und t r a c k t o p e o p le d r ink ing b e e r unt il t hey v o m it . T ha t ’ s c o o l, o bv io us ly t he r e ’ s a lc o ho l a v a ila ble a t s ho w s a t G a lle r y 5 , but t he r e ’ s m o r e o f a c ult ur a l c o m p o ne nt w he r e yo u f e e l e m b e d d e d in t he c o m m unit y a b it m o r e . I t ha s a r e a lly nic e f e e l . T he p e o p le a t
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